National Canadian Film Day

  • 17 Apr 2019
  • 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Blue Barrel Gallery Cafe (Anchor Inn Hotel, 3 Path End Twillingate)



FEATURE FILM


A true story of the now famous folk art painter Maude Lewis:  1930's rural Nova Scotia. Maud Dowley, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, smokes heavily to deal with the pain. Because of her unusual gait from the arthritis, she is often mistaken as a stupid, incapable woman, that perception which does make her feel stupid and incapable. That view is held by her surviving family, her brother Charlie and her Aunt Ida with whom she lives.

After an action by Charlie, Maud decides to seek some independence, she the only applicant for a posted job as housekeeper for brusque Everett Lewis, a poor fish seller. Despite not wanting to hire a cripple which only adds to their antagonism, Maud negotiates to get the job for room and board. Their antagonistic relationship ends up including Everett exacting beatings on Maud whenever she doesn't do what he wants. To keep herself happy, Maud begins to paint the interior of the house with happy pictures and paint similar pictures on small cards, these folk art pictures how she wants to see the world.

PG

SHORT FILMS:

Village of Idiots (13 minutes)

Based on a Jewish folk tale, this hilarious film provides a fresh and irreverent take on our tendency to romanticize what we don’t have.

Mobilize (3 minutes)

Featuring a hypnotic soundtrack by Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq, Mobilize repurposes footage from the NFB archives to explore the perpetual negotiation between the modern and the traditional by a people always moving forward.

Toutons and Tea (13)

Filmmaker Ivy Lin


"Toutons & Tea" is one of the 12 piano stories in the Clavier Chronicles Series (2015 - 2018)


No Entry Fee.  

Donations for the Unscripted Twillingate Digital Arts Festival will be accepted.

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